Journey to Jerusalem: Mishkenot Hasha'ananim - The Fulfillment of Zechariah's Prophecy

this Tower class is brought to you by torahanytime.com we're here at Miss canode hashanahanem which is really a fulfillment of the prophecy of the navi zacharya for hundreds of years yushalayim was occupied but you shalaya means the old city within the walls of the city but the navi zakariah says in park base passes will be settled in open areas beyond the walls and this seemed impossible until 1860. um even in 1845 if one were to look out the walls of the old city of ishalayim you'd look off and you'd see a few hundred nomadic Arabs wild animals Marauders but no Jews lived outside the walls of the old city but the navi Zakaria says and in 1845 the rabbanim Israel most notably salant began to try to speak to Moses Montefiore who was a great Advocate and philanthropist and builder for the Jewish people and specifically your shalayim and he spoke to Moses not the fear about but purchasing land outside the walls of yushalayim and among the many notable and Noble activities of Moses Montefiore is in fact In 1855 he purchased this area from the Arab mayor and the fact that he even met ripshmal of salant Rushmore salant was a great miracle he met him in when Moses not the fury traveled to defend Jews from a blood libel and in a chance meeting with salant the two became lifelong very close Moses Montefiore was a very tall imposing man he stood over six feet tall and he lived to be over a hundred years old he passed away at 101 in 1885 he championed the many Jewish causes throughout his long career and in Middle Ages Moses Montefiore retired and dedicated himself for championing the cause of the Jewish people he was the leader of the British Jewish community Queen Victoria even knighted him and he went on to become the sheriff of London and In 1855 we'll talk about how he purchased this land from the mayor of Jerusalem interesting Moses montefiore's secretary Dr Leopold Loey writes that the mayor of Jerusalem Ahmad was must have been a gilgal of Ephraim because at first he offers Moses Montefiore this parcel of land for free but then the negotiations took a turn and they started getting long and protracted and its Arab Shabbos and Shabbos is coming and still they did not steal the deal at the end of the day he turns to Moses Mount to Fury and he says if you give me a small gift of 1 000 silver sterling pounds then he's ready to give him this parcel of land for free and on the spot Moses Montefiore meted out a thousand pounds of silver and right before Shabbos they're even shyless about what was allowed to be done on chasmosis Montefiore quickly went to the British Consulate Drew up a contract and then went to Muslim Court to register the sale so this neighborhood Michigan is really fulfillment of the navua of zacharya prasize taste of Islam and now we see how the prophecy of zakaya is fulfilled even more and of course we await the great fulfillment of all the Prophecies of the navient of the Sacramento you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by torahanytime.com